California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC
AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,588 to it, the largest being LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $369k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $103k
- Net assets
- $357k
What American Southwestern Railway Assn Inc does
Mission
Preserve history of railroading.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Preserve history of American railroading by collecting, researching, interpreting, and operating railroad equipment at the Travel Town Museum.
$192,644 spent$32,862 earned by the program61% of program spendingOperation of Travel Town gift shop, which distributes train equipment, supplies, and memorabilia to enhance and promote the museums educational experience.
$121,932 spent$256,645 earned by the program39% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,576.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $534k to $203k (−62%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Gregory Gneier
Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $100 → $56k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 89% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC?
- AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,588 to it, the largest being LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $102,588 in grants to AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC?
- LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY ASSN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing